 Pink and dark stages of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a partially burned log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Brown mature stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of mature stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Side view of mature stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Side view of young pinkish stage of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a mossy pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Masses of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a wet rotting pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Close-up of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a mossy pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Side view of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a wet pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Close-up of red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Texture of red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Pattern of red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) on a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms on a burned oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Spores of small whitish partially dried oysterling mushrooms from a burned oak log (spore print light-purple), collected a day before near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 4, 2023
 Slime mold Lycogala exiguum on a wet pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 7, 2022
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on burned pine wood near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Yellow plasmodium of a slime mold on a wet pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Close-up of yellow plasmodium of a slime mold on a wet pine log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Carnival candy slime mold (Arcyria incarnata) on a pine log on Forest Service Rd 231 near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 22, 2022
 Underside of a mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) on a burned fruit of sweetgum tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Side view of a mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) on a burned fruit of sweetgum tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Small gilled mushroom Tephrocybe anthracophila(?) on a burned fruit of sweetgum tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Gyroporus phaeocyanescens and Tylopilus rhodoconius near the creek in a pine forest with oaks, beautyberry, recently burned, near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Caca de luna slime mold (Reticularia lycoperdon, Enteridium lycoperdon) on a vertically cut surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Caca de luna slime mold (Reticularia lycoperdon, Enteridium lycoperdon) on a side surface of a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Cross section of caca de luna slime mold (Reticularia lycoperdon, Enteridium lycoperdon) on a large fallen pine near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 18, 2024
 Side view of bolete mushrooms Gyroporus phaeocyanescens and Tylopilus rhodoconius on a recently burned forest floor near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Mature bracket mushrooms Daedaleopsis confragosa with mold fumgus Hypomyces on an oak branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Underside of bracket mushrooms Daedaleopsis confragosa with mold fumgus Hypomyces on a fallen tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Mature bracket mushrooms Daedaleopsis confragosa with mold fumgus Hypomyces on a fallen tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Mushrooms Pluteus romellii near a fallen and burned oak tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 Caps of mushrooms Pluteus romellii near a fallen and burned oak tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 Gills of a mushroom Pluteus romellii near a fallen and burned oak tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 27, 2024
 Tiny cups of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on underside of burned oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Cross section of a mushroom Xylaria cubensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Smooth chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus lateritius) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Pores of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Small earthstar (Geastrum) mushrooms under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mushrooms Xylaria cubensis on a fallen oak(?) tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mature Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Slime mold Lycogala epidendrum under a microscope, collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2022
 Wolf s milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on an oak log on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2022
 Close-up of tiny cups of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on underside of burned oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Details of tiny cups of Ascomycete fungus Orbilia(?) on underside of burned oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 20, 2023
 Some soft green lichen or may be fungus on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Cross section of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mushrooms Xylaria cubensis on a fallen mossy tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Young Southern copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Zoned bracket polypore mushroom growing from oak(?) wood near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) on sandy soil near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of soft green lichen or may be fungus on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) among pine needles near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of mushrooms Xylaria cubensis on a fallen mossy tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Caps of a dense cluster of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus rhodoconius(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Texture of soft green lichen or may be fungus on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Urchin earthfan mushroom (Thelephora penicillata) under pine trees near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) with a cross section near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) with grass on sandy soil near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Branched and pointed tips of urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of Ozonium auricomum form of a fungus Coprinellus domesticus on a mossy oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mantis with white mold of fungus Beauveria bassiana near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Wolf s Milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) on a fallen pine on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2024
 Close-up of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on rotting oak wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on dark brown rotten wood of an oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
 Urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) on sandy soil under pine trees near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 White elfin saddle mushrooms (Helvella lactea) on pieces of wood under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)(?) and tiny Mycena on a fallen mossy tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Tylopilus rhodoconius(?) growing in a dense tuft (caespitose) under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Rosette-like clusters of urchin earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora penicillata) with grass and pine needles near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) on polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 False truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) covered by some white mold fungus Hypomyces near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Polypore mushrooms Trametes ochracea with pinkish mold-like fungus Hypomyces samuelsii(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
 Cap of gunpowder amanita mushroom (Amanita onusta) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Sporangia of slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) on a log on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Side view of gunpowder amanita mushroom (Amanita onusta) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Ozonium auricomum form of a fungus Coprinellus domesticus or a similar Coprinellus on an oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Cross section of false truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) covered by some white Hypomyces mold fungus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 12, 2023
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) on rotting wood on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Ozonium auricomum form of a fungus Coprinellus domesticus or a similar Coprinellus on a mossy oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Side view of fragrant chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus odoratus (Craterellus odoratus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Gunpowder amanita mushroom (Amanita onusta) in a pine forest near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Fragrant chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus odoratus (Craterellus odoratus) on a sandy trail near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Ravine of Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Dried Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Shoot of red maple near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Cluster of fragrant chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus odoratus (Craterellus odoratus) in a pine forest near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Young leaves of hickory near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis in the creek bed near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Spores (in KOH) of Caca de luna slime mold (Reticularia lycoperdon, Enteridium lycoperdon) collected on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 5, 2024
 Cluster of young fragrant chanterelle mushrooms Cantharellus odoratus (Craterellus odoratus) on a sandy trail near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) near a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Blue flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
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